After looking at the forwards and then the defensemen in our Penguins’ season preview, it’s now onto the men in the big pads that stand in front of fast moving pucks.
NHL goalies
It is an odd thing to say that the goaltending was mostly strong last year, considering that the Penguins’ season ended primarily due to substandard goaltending and that is the lingering memory. However, it stll remains true that for the regular season the Pens got an incredibly high level of goaltending play.
In 5v5 save percentage, Pittsburgh finished sixth on the season for combined goalie performance across the league by that metric.